LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Lerwick, Shetlands. At 2.5 on the afternoon of the 23rd of January, 1959, the medical officer of health for the county of Zetland asked the honorary secretary for the use of the life-boat to convey a patient who was in urgent need of medical...
Aurora
TOW FOR PLEASURE BOAT WITH SIX ABOARD Arbroath, Angus. At 8.47 on the evening of the 28th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the life-boat motor mechanic that the crew of a small boat were burning red flares three quarters of a mile west...
Tic Tac and Fishing Boats Sea Breeze, Kingfisher and Mary Arden
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 9.30 a.m. on ist October, 1966, four local fishing boats were still at sea between New Quay and Aberystwyth, when a storm was reported. The life-boat St.
Albans was launched at 9.42 in a gale...
A Fishing Boat
Fishing boat missing A SMALL FISHING BOAT missing, believed to be in the Loch Shell area, was reported to the honorary secretary of Stornoway lifeboat station at 0010 on Thursday, September 9, 1976.
The weather was cloudy...
A Boat
Two calls A RED FLARE was sighted off shore by the honorary secretary of Withernsea lifeboat station and a shore helper at 2025 on Sunday July 27, 1980. Maroons were fired and while the two men were preparing the D class inflatable lifeboat...
Cover Picture
The crew of Dover lifeboat, a/1 of whom received medals following ike service to the sinking cargo ship Sumnia on October 16, 1987. Pictured aboard the relief Tyne class Good Shepherd on the Thames before they were awarded their medals by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fyne dining
Loch Fyne restaurants, long-standing supporters of the RNLI, are redoubling their efforts with a fundraising push this Autumn.
The company is challenging each of its 44 restaurants to raise £500 by the end of November...
Category: Articles
Landing Craft 2429
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At. 7.30 in the afternoon the Castletown coastguard telephoned that a vessel was in difficulties in Castletown Bay.
A S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy...
A Winter Gale
By the REV. THOMAS GUTHRIE, D.D.
THE gale of the 3rd of December last was a destructive hurricane. It would appear, from observations made at Liverpool, that its utmost severity fell on that town and its neighbourhood ;...
Category: Articles
Laity F. (1)
Tug on fire THAMES COASTGUARD informed Southend- on-Sea lifeboat station at 1130 on Saturday March 21, 1981. that the tug Laity Fwas on fire near No 3 Sea Reach Buoy. The crew assembled and took the transport down Southend Pier and at 1148...